After a disappointing NBA draft lottery, the Milwaukee Bucks front office announced Thursday they are officially fielding offers for the one human being keeping the organization relevant.
Following a disappointing NBA draft lottery outcome, the Milwaukee Bucks front office announced Thursday they are officially "open for business" and fielding calls to swap the single greatest player in contemporary franchise history for a handful of speculative future assets.
Ownership representatives for Wes Edens and Jimmy Haslam authorized general manager Jon Horst to assess the trade market for two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. Internal directives indicate the franchise is seeking a "historic return" of future draft picks that the current front office can then aggressively mismanage over the next decade.
We owe it to the long-term health of our cap sheet to see if another franchise is willing to give us four unproven teenagers and a bloated expiring contract in exchange for the only reason anyone buys our season tickets.
The strategic pivot comes after years of mortgaging the team's future draft capital to surround Antetokounmpo with aging veterans. League sources confirmed that multiple rival general managers have already reached out, offering packages of heavily protected first-round picks in hopes of capitalizing on Milwaukee's sudden enthusiasm for returning to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.
A finalized deal to officially plunge the franchise back into a multi-decade rebuild is expected to be reached before the start of training camp in October.